One day after the first auction, there was a second major bidding war in New York for valuable and rare timekeepers. Antiquorum held a sale on December 11, "Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces", which totalled $4,708,937. The 343 pieces were sold. Antiquorum had the best year ever in terms of watch sales at Antiquorum New York. The money received was 14 percent higher than the estimated amount. As is often the case, when looking at individual watches sold, Patek Philippe pieces were the most popular. The most popular were those with the minute repeater. Reference 5207, sold at an incredible $843.750, was the highest-paid watch. Reference 3974 was also sold at an astonishing $795,750, and Reference 5033P-010 was bought for nearly half a million. Two more Patek Philippes, and one Rolex were among the watches that were sold at six-figure prices.
Breitling Replica Watches, Grande Complication WatchThe absolute recorder for the event was Patek Philippe Ref. 5207. The watch in question comes with a minute-repeater, a tourbillon of one minute and an instantaneous calendar with phases. The round platinum case has a Top Wesselton decorative diamond and measures 41 mm in diameter. It also has a beautiful honey gold dial, with three apertures for the calendar at the top and a small seconds clock that is used to display the phases of the moon on the other side. The Geneva seal is a testament to the quality of the Caliber RTO27 PS-QI, which has 35 jewels and 549 components. The power reserve is between 38 to 48 hours for the hand-wound movements, depending on whether the minute repeater is used. This slide is activated. The watch's movement also includes a lateral lever escapement with a frequency of 3Hz, a Gyromax balanced and a Breguet balancespring. The movement is also rhodium-plated and decorated with the fausses Cotes motif.
Patek Philippe reference 3974 – Minute Repeater and Permanent Calendar ComplicationsThis second-placed auctioned item, which also exceeded three quarters a million dollars in price, was Patek Philippe reference 3974. The minute repeater and perpetual calendar are included in the complications of this automatic-winding watch, just like its predecessor. It is also fitted in a sapphire-cased platinum case. The case in this instance is smaller than usual, measuring 36 mm in diameter and 12 mm thick. The dial of Reference 3974 is a beautiful silver and includes the date, a 24-hour clock, months, leap years, moon phases, and days of week. Caliber R27 Q is its beating heart. This caliber, like the previous one, has 39 jewels and Gyromax balance, which beats at a frequency of 3 Hz. It also contains the same amount (despite being a self-winding movement) of power storage, as well as matching decorations. Rolex Air King Replica has a straight-line escapement, unlike the first movement. It also has a free-sprung self-compensated balance spring, and incorporates a shock absorber in its construction. The two most expensive watches sold at Antiquorum's Auction share another common characteristic: they were only a few thousand dollars less than their estimated maximum prices.
